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Update 12/21/2022: Thank you to all our supporters who have taken action. We received positive news from the Gwangju Buk-gu District office. Click HERE to see the response.

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Sharing for Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth (CARE)/Watchdog

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While exhibition halls were being constructed and prepared for global events at the Gwangju Biennale, two slaughterhouses–one of which has existed for over 40 years-have been illegally killing many animals. While the city is full of excitement, hope, and pride at the prospect of promoting global events, animals are being killed in slaughterhouses surrounded by screams of fear, pain, blood, and the stench of burning fur, excrement, and rotten food garbage.

Although Gwangju North District (Buk-gu) Office has failed to close illegal facilities or ensure the well-being of their animals, they still managed to pay compensation to the slaughterhouses violating the animal laws.

At the two slaughterhouses, eighty dogs and eight chickens are still being neglected. Four cats in urgent need of medical attention were rescued by CARE last week. Officials from the North District Office and Gwangju City only performed meaningless onsite investigations and meetings during the previous two days. They couldn’t even agree on whether or not to confiscate the animals from the owner.

We asked them if they should investigate this situation as abuse when they leave animals tied up, without proper shelter, in the intense heat and frigid cold. But the answer from Gwangju City officials was preposterous: “Let me ask you a question. What should they do in the intense heat and frigid cold to be ‘not neglecting’ animals?” As if the need to provide shelter to the animals wasn’t obvious.

Instead of finding a practical solution for animals suffering and shivering in the frigid cold, with excrement in their food bowl and without a proper place to lie down, officials in this country only waste time superficially discussing the laws without actually trying to solve any real problems. They repeatedly justify their inaction by saying quarantine (relocation) measures can only be taken when police investigations are conducted. You can hear the same answers wherever you go in this country, but the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs has a different opinion. According to the Ministry, “administrative measures can be taken even before legal results are released.”

We must continually monitor how officials in Gwangju deal with this situation. As the Animal Protection Law mandates, we must demand the correct and immediate resolution of this situation. Please continue to support us by filing your complaints.

[라이브] 비엔날레 옆 도살장 [Live] Gwangju dog slaughterhouse next to the Biennale (Part 1)

[Live] Gwangju dog slaughterhouse next to the Biennale (Part 2) – Gwangju public officials finally came out to the site but unwilling to relocate the animals. [라이브] 비엔날레 옆 도살장2 -공무원들 나왔지만 (Part 2)

Please demand that these animals be relocated to the city shelter immediately!
To submit a complaint to the head of the North District Office, click HERE.
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  Mayor Kang Gi-jung
  City of Gwangju
  111, Naebang-ro, Seo-gu, Gwangju
  Postal Code 61945
  South Korea

  Address in Korean:
  강기정 광주시장님
  광주 시청
  [61945] 광주광역시 서구 내방로 111
  South Korea

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  Gwangju Mayor

  📝 Suggested message

  Gwangju, South Korea, Shut down the illegal dog slaughterhouses and relocate the dogs to the city shelter immediately!

  Petition: Gwangju, South Korea, Shut down the illegal dog slaughterhouses and relocate the dogs to the city shelter immediately!
  https://chng.it/mDJZPBHx

  Dear Mayor Kang Gi-jung and the Gwangju Metropolitan Council members,

  Please watch the video from the dog slaughterhouses: https://youtu.be/zfiqsu_tzOE.

  We ask you to immediately shut down the two illegal dog slaughterhouses raided by Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth(CARE)/Watchdog and relocate all the dogs to the city shelter immediately. We ask that Gwangju provide these dogs with warm, comfortable shelters, medical care, and the opportunity to be adopted by loving families.

  We also ask that Gwangju shut down all illegal dog farms, slaughterhouses, markets, and restaurants serving dog meat in your city.

  We request that an official document be issued mandating that the following existing Korean laws be enforced by its government officials, police, and judges:

  The unauthorized processing of food waste fed to dogs in the meat trade violates the Wastes Control Act, Article 15-2, Article 25, Section 3. Suppliers of food waste and transporters of food waste to dog meat farms are violating this regulation.

  Food waste fed to dogs in the dog meat trade violates the Control of Livestock and Fish Feed Act, Article 14, Sections 1 & 2. The unauthorized collection of food waste and feeding it to dogs in the meat trade violates this regulation.

  Excrement and resulting environmental damage produced as a by-product of the illegal dog meat farm violates the Act on the Management and Use of Livestock Excreta Article 11. The excrement produced at dog meat farms causes environmental damage to the immediate and surrounding area.

  Slaughtering dogs for human consumption violates the Animal Protection Act Article 8, Section 1. Killing an animal by hanging it by the neck or by using any other cruel methods; killing an animal on the street or any other places open to the public or killing an animal with animals of the same kind present at the scene; killing an animal by failing to feed or water it on purpose; killing an animal without any justifiable grounds is clear violation of the Animal Protection Act.

  The slaughter of dogs by electrocution violates the Animal Protection Act, Article 8, Section 1, Clause 1. Inflicting injury or death to any animal by the following means: battery by tools, exposure to drugs, exposure to extreme heat or fire, electrocution, and drowning is subject to legal punishment. Therefore, the routine slaughter of dogs by butchers and farmers by these methods violates the Act. Further, electrocution as a method of slaughter is internationally recognized as an inherently cruel method of slaughter and banned globally.

  The slaughter of dogs from an unauthorized slaughterhouse violates the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, Article 7 Section 1. The Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act states that dogs are officially recognized and classified as “animals” that are “prohibited from being slaughtered and distributed as food for human consumption.” Therefore, those vendors operating dog slaughterhouses are operating outside of the parameters of the law and in violation of the law. (Penalty: imprisonment with labor for not more than 10 years or a fine not exceeding 100 million won per Article 45 of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act.)

  The slaughter of dogs for consumption violates the Animal Protection Act, Article 10. The Act intends to ensure that no animal is slaughtered in a cruel or revolting manner and shall be free from unnecessary pain, fear, or stress during the slaughter process. Therefore, the only humane way of slaughtering dogs would be by euthanasia (lethal injection). All currently practiced methods of slaughter by butchers, farmers and traders exclude euthanasia as a method of slaughter. Therefore they are all in breach of this Act. This is also a violation of the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act Article 7 Section 1 Clause 2. According to the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act, the slaughter of animals for their consumption is allowed only for the livestock animals publicly announced as livestock classification in the Livestock Products Sanitary Control Act and dogs are not classified here.

  The display and sale of dog carcasses in traditional outdoor markets violate the Food Sanitation Act, Article 4, 5. Violation of laws banning the sale of harmful food due to the contamination from the unsanitary and illegal slaughter of the animal and display of the dog carcass. For example, dog carcasses are routinely contaminated by microorganisms that cause human diseases and food poisoning, leading to severe and life-threatening health complications. There are also strict laws that ban the sale of meat from sick animals. Because there is no quality control or proper monitoring of slaughter practices in the dog meat trade, likely, these laws are routinely violated.

  Dog meat restaurants’ sale of soup made with dog carcasses from an unknown source violates the Food Sanitation Act Article 44 Section 1 Clause 1. Uninspected livestock products must not be transported, stored, displayed, sold, or used to manufacture or process food for human consumption.

  Please refer to the legal information regarding dog meat consumption in South Korea published by KARA (Korea Animal Rights Advocates): https://www.ekara.org/activity/against/read/7537, https://koreandogs.org/kara-publishes-legal-information-booklet-ending-dog-meat-consumption/

  Dog meat consumption is a catastrophe brought about by the government’s inaction. Here are reasons why dog meat consumption is illegal.
  Breeding: https://www.ekara.org/activity/against/read/16556
  Slaughter: https://www.ekara.org/activity/against/read/19677

  The United States House of Representatives has formally passed H.Res. 401, which “Calls for an end to the dog and cat meat industry and urges all nations to outlaw the dog and cat meat trade.” https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/401

  International coverage of the brutal dog and cat meat trade in South Korea has stained your city’s image. The time to end this tragedy is now. The favor of your reply is requested.

  * Please respond to my petition in English and Korean using the Microsoft Word Document. The Hancom word processor program is not used outside Korea, and we cannot open Hancom’s .hwp file.

  📝 Suggested message in Korean (Please include this in your petition.)

  광주시는 불법 개도축장을 즉시 폐쇄하고, 그곳에 모든 개들을 격리조치 시켜주실것을 강력히 촉구합니다.

  전자청원: 광주시는 불법 개도축장을 즉시 폐쇄하고, 그곳에 모든 개들을 격리조치 시켜주실것을 강력히 촉구합니다.
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  강기정 광주시장님과 광주시의회 의원님들께 청원합니다.

  우선 동물권단체 케어의 영상을 참고로 봐주시기 바랍니다. https://youtu.be/zfiqsu_tzOE

  광주시는 동물권단체 케어가 급습한 불법 도살장 두곳을 즉각적 폐쇄하고 그곳에서 극심한 학대를 받고있는 모든 개들에 대해 긴급격리조치를 취해주시길 강력히 촉구합니다.

  광주시는 개고기를 다루는 모든 불법 개농장, 도살장, 시장, 보신탕집, 건강원을 단속하는 즉각적 조치를 취하기를 촉구합니다. 또한 한국정부, 경찰청, 사법기관이 아래와 같은 기존 한국법 시행을 요구하는 공식문서를 발급할 것을 요청합니다.

  – 개의 사육단계에서 식용견 사료용으로 음식쓰레기를 무단처리하는 것은 폐기물 관리법 제 15조의 2, 제 25조 3항 위반입니다. 음식물쓰레기 배출자와 운반자들은 이 의무규정을 위반하고 개농장주에게 음식쓰레기를 제공하고 있습니다.

  – 허가 없이 음식쓰레기를 수집/운반하여 개에게 급여하는것은 사료관리법 제 14조 1항 및 2항의 위반입니다.

  – 불법으로 난립된 개농장에서 배출되는 분뇨로 인한 환경위해는가축분뇨법 제 11조의 위반입니다. 개농장의 배설물은 인근 지역 환경 피해를 유발합니다.

  – 식용하기 위한 개도살은 동물보호법 제 8조 1항 4호의 위반입니다. 개도살은 수의학적 처치의 필요나 동물로 인한 사람의 생명, 신체, 재산의 피해를 입은 경우 같은 정당한 사유 없이 동물을 죽이는 행위로 명백한 법 위반 행위입니다.

  – 전기감전으로 개를 도살하는 행위는 동물보호법 제 8조 1항 1호의 위반입니다. 도구, 약물 또는 열, 전기, 물을 이용한 상해 행위마저 법적 처벌의 대상인 만큼 당연히 상기 방법에 의한 도살 행위는 위법이며 특히 전기도살은 그 잔인함으로 인해 국제적으로 금지되고 있습니다.

  – 무허가 도살장에서 개를 도살하는 행위는 축산물 위생관리법 제 7조 1항 위반입니다. 개는 축산물 위생관리법에서 규정한 ‘도살, 식육으로의 유통이 불가능’한 동물로서 허가받은 도살장이 존재할수가 없습니다. 따라서 개 도살장을 운영하는 공급업체는 법의 매개 변수를 벗어나 법을 위반하고 있는 것입니다.

  – 자가소비를 목적으로 개를 도살하는 행위는 동물보호법 제 10조와 축산물 위생관리법 제 7조 1항 2호의 위반입니다. 모든 동물은 잔인한 방법으로 도살되어서는 안되는데, 개도살의 경우 인도적인 방법은 약물주사 외에는 없으므로 현재 한국에서 자행되는 모든 식용 목적 개도살은 잔인한 도살에 해당합니다. 축산물 위생관리법의 ‘자가소비를 위한 도살 허용’은 고시로 정한 축산물 위생관리법상 가축에 한하며 개는 해당사항이 없습니다.

  – 재래시장에서 개의 지육을 전시/판매하는 행위는 식품위생법 제4, 5조의 위반입니다. 불결한 불법도축과 지육 전시과정에서의 오염으로 ‘위해식품 등의 판매금지’ 조항에 위배됩니다. 개의 지육이 병을 일으키는 미생물에 오염된 경우 인체의 건강을 해칠 우려가 있습니다. 또 유기견이나 개농장의 병든 개체가 도살돼 판매될 가능성을 배제하지 못하므로 ‘병든 동물의 고기 등의 판매금지’ 조항에 위배됩니다.

  – 보신탕집에서 출처 불명의 개고기를 이용한 보신탕을 판매하는 행위는 식품위생법 제44, 1항 1호의 위반입니다. 검사를 받지 않은 축산물은 운반, 보관, 진열, 판매하거나 식품의 제조, 가공에 사용해서는 안됩니다.

  동물권행동 카라의 개식용에 관한 법적 정보 “개식용 종식을 위한 법규 안내집이 발간되었습니다!”를 참조하십시오.
  https://www.ekara.org/activity/against/read/7537

  정부의 무위가 가져온 파국 ‘개식용’, 무법이 아닌 불법인 이유:
  사육: https://www.ekara.org/activity/against/read/16556
  도살: https://www.ekara.org/activity/against/read/19677
  유통, 판매: https://ekara.org/activity/against/read/19754

  정부의 무위가 가져온 파국 ‘개식용’, 무법이 아닌 불법인 이유:
  사육: https://www.ekara.org/activity/against/read/16556
  도살: https://www.ekara.org/activity/against/read/19677
  유통, 판매: https://ekara.org/activity/against/read/19754

  미국 하원은 공식적으로 결의안 H.Res 401 “개와 고양이 식용산업을 종식시키고 모든 국가가 개와 고양이식용를 금지할 것을 촉구한다.”를 통과시켰습니다. https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-resolution/401

  광주시에서 자행되는 잔인한 개/고양이 식용산업에 대한 외신 보도가 광주시의 이미지를 크게 추락시키고 있습니다. 이 비극을 끝낼 때입니다! 광주시의 회신을 요청드립니다.

  * 청원 답변은 한글과 영어로 마이크로소프트 워드 파일로 보내주시기 바랍니다. 한콤 .hwp파일은 외국에서는 사용하지않으며 오픈할수 없습니다.

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[집중민원] 🔥광주, 비엔날레 옆 도살장 2 곳🔥

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도살장. 두 곳 중 한 곳은 40년 이상 존재.
비엔날레를 위한 전시장들이 건축되고 세계적인 행사들이 개최되는 동안에도 개도살장은 존재했습니다. 불법으로 각종 동물들의 도축도 함께 말입니다. 옆에서는 글로벌 행사가 개최되지만 바로 옆에서는 동물들의 비명과 피, 털 태우는 냄새와 찌든 배설물과 부패된 음식물 쓰레기로 인한 악취가 진동했습니다.
보상을 목적으로, 알박기 용 동물방치 또한 시작됐지만 북구청은 달라는 보상금만 주면서 정작, 동물의 안전이나 불법시설 철거 등의 문제는 해결하지 못 했습니다.
2곳의 도살장에 남은 동물 (개 80여명, 고양이 4명, 닭, 칠면조, 오리 꿩 등 80명 이상) 에 대해서는 아직도 방치상태며 (케어가 4명의 고양이만 우선 구조), 북구청과 광주시청은 연 이틀 동안 현장 조사와 회의만 하고 있으며 격리조치에 소극적 입장입니다.
“집도 없이 묶여 있다면 혹서 혹한에 방치하는 행위이니 학대로 보고 조사해야 하지 않는가?” 라는 질문에 광주시청 담당자는 “오히려 거꾸로 물어 볼게요. 어떻게 해 주어야 혹서 혹한에 방치하는 것이 아니게 되는 건가요?” 라고 되물었습니다.
어린 개들은 밥그릇 안에까지 배설물이 잔뜩 들어 있습니다. 혹한에 배설물도 치우지 않아 진창이 된 공간에 누울 자리도 없이 떨면서 고통을 참는 동물들에 대해 대한민국은 법타령만 하며 앉아 있습니다.
경찰 조사 결과가 나와야만 격리조치를 할 수 있다는 공무원들. 전국의 공무원들이 대부분 똑같은 답변들을 하지만 농식품부의 입장은 다릅니다. <법적 결과가 나오기 전에도 행정행위는 발동할 수 있다> 는 것이 농식품부 입장입니다.
이번 광주의 개들이 어떻게 조치되는지 감시하며 동물보호법에 맞게 제대로 해결하도록 요구해야 합니다. 계속 민원으로 힘을 보태 주십시오.
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